Address-bearing card.



E. D. BBLKNAP. ADDRESS BEARING GARD.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.21, 1904.

898,425. Patented sept. 15,1908.

EDWIN DRA-YTON BELKNAP, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

ADDRESS-BEARING- CARD.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 15,1908. l

Application mea December 21, 1904.' serial No. 237,842.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWIN D. BELKNAP, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex,

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Address- Bearing Cards, of which the'following is a specification.

My invention relates to indexed cards general, and more specifically comprises an` p improved form of stencil card foruse in addressing machines. Such cards when placed in the boxes or magazines from which they are fed tozthe addressing machine lfrequently I to arrange them geographically have to be classified according to two or more plans. Thus when the addresses borne by the cards form a mailingy list, it is necessary and also to classify them accordingto t e month in which each subscription expires. The geo-V graphical arrangement can be brought about by the order in which the cards are placed in the magazine. It is not easy, however, to so mark all the widely scattered cards whose addresses represent subscriptions expiring in December, for ihstance, that they can be discovered and withdrawn at once. I have-invented a form of card which overcomesthis difliculty and the best form of cardy kn own to me embodying this and someother features of novelty is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings,.in' which: L

Figure 1 is a face view of a card constructed in accordance with the preferredform ofl my invention. .l

Throughout' the drawings like reference figures indicate like parts.

13 is the stencil sheet of parchment or similar material in which the address is cut by perforatingtype, or otherwise. 14 is the frame of cardboard or similar material in which the stencil sheet is mounted. The frame preferai ly has an extension 15 on its upper side on which is pasted a lduplica'te'of stencil 13, which serves as a label 19 for the card after the same has been run throu h the machine and the stencil 13 so smeare with ink that the letters cut therein cannot beA read easily.

16 represents any sui-table special ruling, etc. for additional classification marks.

The frame has in its upper side a series of slots or p erforations extending to its upper edge, as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8,9, 11 and 12. It also has a hole or perforation 10, which does not extend to the upper edge.- These perfoing subscrl yduce'the label 19 at the same time.

` rations are cut at the same point in every card, and vcorrespond to the twelve months of the year. The card shown and all others bearing the addresses of persons whose subscriptions ex ire in October,`have a hole instead of a s ot corresponding to the tenth month; Cards representing subscriptions expiring in May would'have a hole-at 5, and slots at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, s, 9, 1o, 11 and 12, and so on. Consequently, when these cards are piled up in a box or magazine with theired es 15a uppermost, all these slots and holes wil register with one another.

pass-through holes in all the cards representtions whichexpire in October, but throug slots in cards representing subscriptions which expire in other months. When the rod vis lifted out in a direction transverse to its main axis, it will lift out all the October subscriptions and leave the others. A repetition of the operation by inserting the rod through the slot 6, would pull out all the June subscriptions and so on.

In using my invention a series of. card frames are cut or stamped for each month, and :the additional classication marks 16,Y are printed thereon. When the stencil portion 13, bearing the address-is cut, a double thickness of sheet may be used so as to ro- T ese two are then attached toaframe which has a perforation corresponding lto` the month. in

lwhich the subscription will expire, a check mark, as shown at 20,-is made in the s ace marked with the year ofthe subscriptions expiration, and the card is complete. Thus the card shown in Fig. 1 is supposed to bear the address of a person whose subscription ex ires in October, 1905.

he index portion ofthe card may be produced as afacsimile of the stenciled portion by other means, as by placing the duplicate stencil sheet over the extended portion of the frame and rubbing ink over it.

lIt `is. evident that my invention could be used to advantage with other kinds of cards, than address bearing Garda-though I have illustrated it with these only. Also'the indexin features could be used without the label eature on an ordinary stencil card rovided with the ordinary frame. This in exing feature works best, however, with the extension frame shown, as the strength is thus secured which is necessary to keep the card from buckling or tearing under manipula- If then, a rod or wire is run down the tenth division, it will tion. These and other' modifications which Will'readily occur to those skilled in the art I should still considerwithin the scope of my invention. Also the invention can be used for other than a monthly basis of classification. Any number of slots other than eleven could be used, With one or more closed `slo`ts or holes, and the portion of the card frames so perforated could be made wholly or in part of metal. y

Having, therefore, described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

1. An address bearing card having a stenciled portion and a frame extended at the upperside, said extended portion having a facsimile of the stenciled portion thereon, and the upper portion'of said frame also having a series of perforations representing differentl classes of a predetermined classiiication, all of said perforations extending to the upper edge of the card except thevone corresponding to the class to which that particular card belongs..

2. An address bearing card having a stenciled portion, and a frame' extended 'at the upper side, said extended portion having a duplicate stenciled sheet pasted thereon as a label and the upper portion'of said frame having a series of perforations representing' `dlfferent classes of a predetermined classiication, all of said perforations extendingto the upper edge of the card eXce t the one corresponding to the class to which that particular card belongs.

Signed at New York, N. of December 1904.

EDWIN DRAYTON BELKNAP.

Witnesses;

PETER R. GATENS, RALPH BERNHARDT.

Y. this 20th day 

